^v.o/a/0 , 
447 Crafts st. West Newton, June 2ij, 1901. 
My dear Mr. Deane, 
I think the best way for you to get the 
address of the party who collected the nest of the Pine Finch is to 
write Dr. J. S. Frisbje, Church st. Newton , and ask him to give you 
the address of the son of Judge Park who was interested in bird's 
eggs. I should have to write Dr. Frisbie^and this course will save 
delay. Do not say anything about the collection of the: Newton Soc. 
Nat. Hist, for if you do the Dr. will refer you to me, an^, as 1 
told you i.. ai that Park collection was withdrawn from the old 
society's collection before this collection was turned over to tne 
Maynard Chapter. 
About the Red-headed Woodpecker in Newton. There is a pair 
nesting in an old stub just off. C«Mt st., the stub stands in open 
sight beside an unfinished road, which is the first entrance Beyond 
Cabot Park, going east. Cabot st. runs from Center st. Ne*ton, to Wal- 
nut st., Newtonville . These birds have been breeding in that stub, 
according to report, since 1900, but X have seen them for the first 
time this year. By report another pair attempted to breed in Auburn- 
dale. One of my pupils, upon whom I can depend, saw a pair on Main 
Bowker estate, and. the birds are said 
st., Waltham. This was on the 
